Taranaki Region

Progression to Tertiary: Qualification Level

The tertiary education sector is a diverse sector. Its scope ranges from informal non-assessed community courses in schools through to formal undergraduate degrees and advanced research-based postgraduate degrees.

Progression to tertiary education is a measure of the level of tertiary education a student is enrolled in one, two or three years after leaving school.

School leavers are identified from the Ministry of Education’s ENROL system, while tertiary enrolment information is sourced from the tertiary databases SDR and ITR.

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Table 1: School leavers enrolled in tertiary education one year after leaving school (2022-2024 leaver cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2022 2023 2024
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 193 205 209
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 178 175 178
Female Enrolled L1-L2 33 33 46
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 319 307 284
Female Total 723 720 717
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 154 152 165
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 290 279 217
Male Enrolled L1-L2 36 36 46
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 371 321 386
Male Total 851 788 814
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 51 64 63
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 129 114 103
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 26 34 47
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 287 237 267
Māori Total 493 449 480
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 6 9 9
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 12 11 10
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 2 1 4
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 35 25 16
Pacific Total 55 46 39
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 39 23 50
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 9 8 9
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 1 0 1
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 15 18 23
Asian Total 64 49 83
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 10 8 8
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 11 5 4
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 7 14 9
MELAA Total 28 27 21
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 2 4 5
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 4 3 2
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 4 7 5
Other Total 10 15 12
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 283 307 297
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 370 384 355
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 52 57 64
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 494 467 516
European/Pākehā Total 1,199 1,215 1,232
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 347 357 374
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 468 454 395
Total Enrolled L1-L2 69 69 92
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 690 628 670
Total Total 1,574 1,508 1,531

Notes:

  1. ‘x’ = data has been suppressed where there are between 0 and 5 students in the denominator for a specific group, for example Asian students. Where one gender has been suppressed the corresponding gender has also been suppressed.
  2. Ethnicity is multiple response, that is, students who affiliated in more than one ethnic group have been counted in each ethnic group. Students are only counted once in the total, therefore, the ethnic groups may not sum to the total.
  3. International fee-paying students and adult students (age 19+) are excluded.
Table 2: School leavers enrolled in tertiary education two years after leaving school (2021-2023 leaver cohorts)
Group Highest tertiary qualification study level Year left school
2021 2022 2023
Total Enrolled L1-L2 26 36 23
Female Enrolled Degree L7 or above 213 222 220
Female Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 124 128 138
Female Enrolled L1-L2 13 20 9
Female Not Enrolled in Tertiary 361 353 353
Female Total 711 723 720
Male Enrolled Degree L7 or above 124 153 148
Male Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 248 251 214
Male Enrolled L1-L2 13 16 14
Male Not Enrolled in Tertiary 383 431 412
Male Total 768 851 788
Māori Enrolled Degree L7 or above 38 59 64
Māori Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 85 93 87
Māori Enrolled L1-L2 17 16 12
Māori Not Enrolled in Tertiary 309 325 286
Māori Total 449 493 449
Pacific Enrolled Degree L7 or above 7 9 8
Pacific Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 8 10 4
Pacific Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Pacific Not Enrolled in Tertiary 28 36 34
Pacific Total 43 55 46
Asian Enrolled Degree L7 or above 41 41 23
Asian Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 8 8 9
Asian Enrolled L1-L2 0 2 0
Asian Not Enrolled in Tertiary 18 13 17
Asian Total 67 64 49
MELAA Enrolled Degree L7 or above 11 10 8
MELAA Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 7 6 2
MELAA Enrolled L1-L2 0 1 0
MELAA Not Enrolled in Tertiary 4 11 17
MELAA Total 22 28 27
Other Enrolled Degree L7 or above 4 2 4
Other Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 2 3 4
Other Enrolled L1-L2 0 0 0
Other Not Enrolled in Tertiary 4 5 7
Other Total 10 10 15
European/Pākehā Enrolled Degree L7 or above 274 304 319
European/Pākehā Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 310 315 298
European/Pākehā Enrolled L1-L2 13 23 18
European/Pākehā Not Enrolled in Tertiary 512 557 580
European/Pākehā Total 1,109 1,199 1,215
Total Enrolled Degree L7 or above 337 375 368
Total Enrolled Non-Degree L3-L7 372 379 352
Total Not Enrolled in Tertiary 744 784 765
Total Total 1,479 1,574 1,508

Notes:

  1. ‘x’ = data has been suppressed where there are between 0 and 5 students in the denominator for a specific group, for example Asian students. Where one gender has been suppressed the corresponding gender has also been suppressed.
  2. Ethnicity is multiple response, that is, students who affiliated in more than one ethnic group have been counted in each ethnic group. Students are only counted once in the total, therefore, the ethnic groups may not sum to the total.
  3. International fee-paying students and adult students (age 19+) are excluded.